simply having a full keyboard and mouse, on a laptop will save most people anywhere from 5-10 seconds per minute of typing, I think that's 8-15% efficiency improvement. and if you divide the average price of a docking station over the average number of hours paid (2200 for US workers) a docking station cost like 5cents per hour on a 2 year life cycle. so if you can increase productivity by 1/2 of the low side of the estimate 4% it's a bad business decision to not buy them unless your average employee payroll is under 2.50 /hour. they're wasting money not having docking stations.

A docking station connects to a particular connector on the PC which is built robustly for many connections/disconnections in it's life-time. The other ports on the laptop usually aren't that robust and can wear out faster. So a docking station can increase the life expectancy of the notebook, and also the cables of the connected peripherals.

Other pros can be particularly with users who aren't computer savvy. They might forget to plug in the ethernet cable on a not docked laptop, and then they call the helpdesk because their mail isn't working. That uses up lots of unproductive time and more helpdesk manpower for something really stupid...

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